Official Site: Pokemon Go
Studio: Niantic
Launch Date: July 6, 2016
Genre:Â MMOARG
Business Model:Â F2P (Cash Shop)
Platform: Android, iOS
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Massively on the Go: Exploring Pokemon Sword and Shield’s Isle of Armor expansion
I knew from the website shown at the initial announcement that Pokemon Sword and Shield's first expansion, The Isle of Armor, would be more of...
SuperData May 2020: Pokémon Go and World of Warcraft improve their fortunes
Superdata's May digital games earning report is out, and there is some interesting movement for some of our favorite online games.
World of Warcraft's western...
The MOP Up: Niantic halts plan to discontinue Pokemon Go on old mobile devices
This month, Pokemon Go announced that it was discontinuing support for 32-bit Android mobile devices, mostly devices released prior to 2015, including the 1st-gen...
Pokemon Go announces a digital festival for July and new Reality Blending features
In news that will likely not be a surprise to anyone considering the number of real-life events that have been cancelled or transformed into...
The MOP Up: Twin Saga blossoms into spring
Spring has blossomed in Twin Saga, with the huge Update 25 bringing a new Senshi quest, the Trade Fjord and Fairy Valley zones, the...
SuperData March 2020: Digital games spending sets achieves new highs thanks to COVID-19
Back in in March, when SuperData was discussing February's monthly gaming revenue numbers, the analysis firm noted that COVID-19 hadn't yet had much impact...
Pokemon Go home options expand to cover a refreshed Community Day
Niantic has already been shaking up Pokemon Go so it can function better at home, but changes to coming to the usual monthly Community Day...
The MOP Up: Elder Scrolls Online’s daughter of giants
The countdown is on for Elder Scrolls Online: Greymoor. One of the characters that you will bump into in Skyrim is Lyris Titanborn, a...
Massively Overthinking: How are MMO players faring through the pandemic?
This week's Overthinking is going to be a bit different from normal. As we've been covering extensively for more than the past two months,...
Massively on the Go: How Pokemon Go is improving without all the ‘go’
We've briefly covered some of Pokemon Go's new changes in light of recent non-fun viral events, and in today's Massively on the Go, I want...
GDC plans summer events as studios from Gamigo to Blizzard to Riot see player surges
The COVID-19 pandemic continues to spread here in the US and around much of the world, changing life for nearly everyone - even in...
More and more MMOs are offering sales and events during the coronavirus pandemic
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to spread, MMOs and other MMO-adjacent games and studios continue to react, bringing their staffs home and offering bonuses...
Coronavirus roundup: Blizzard, free APB Reloaded, EA esports, HPWU, and how your PC can help humans win
Feel pretty surreal to be reporting on a global crisis like the coronavirus in our indie pages here on MOP, but it affects everyone...
Coronavirus roundup: EGX Rezzed, Pokemon Go, and using MMOs to learn from home
We're capping off an odd week of coverage here in our little corner of the online gaming world, as even those of us who've...
Coronavirus leads to E3’s cancellation, plus SMITE and Pokemon Go postpone events
Update: The ESA has now made it official. We've included the press release at the end of this article.
If you thought it was strange...
The MOP Up: Fortnite’s players are spending more money than ever
Don't think that the Fortnite craze has settled down quite yet. According to a new survey, player spending in the game is higher than...
Visions of N’Zoth boosted World of Warcraft subs, but it’s lost tons since WoW Classic’s 2019 peak
SuperData's January 2020 games industry revenue rankings are up, with only mild shakeups since December 2019. On the PC side, Red Dead Redemption 2 dropped...
The MOP Up: Runes of Magic helps you catch up
You might or might not be aware that last December, Runes of Magic rolled out new "catch up" servers that allow players to level...
The MOP Up: SWTOR’s subscription tauntauns smell great on the outside
For all who subscribe to Star Wars: The Old Republic, there's a new gift waiting for you under your seat. You get a tauntaun!...
Pokemon Go crushed it in 2019, trouncing its 2016 revenues
You folks remember 2016 when Pokemon Go absolutely blew up, right? Made a ton of money, spawned lawsuits and deaths left and right, started...
